Question

I’m trying to create a stored procedure that retrieves data from 3 tables on 2 different servers. This is the select statement that I have.

SELECT InvoiceLine.BranchNo, InvoiceLine.Type_IN_CR, InvoiceLine.Docket,InvoiceLine.ProductCode, 
   InvoiceLine.Inv_Price * (select OuterUnits From server.PopTables.dbo.Products Inner Join InvoiceLine ON server.PopTables.dbo.Products.ProductCode = InvoiceLine.ProductCode Where server.PopTables.dbo.Products.ProductCode = InvoiceLine.ProductCode) AS PricePT,
    InvoiceLine.Inv_Quantity * (select OuterUnits From server.PopTables.dbo.Products Inner Join InvoiceLine ON server.PopTables.dbo.Products.ProductCode = InvoiceLine.ProductCode Where server.PopTables.dbo.Products.ProductCode = InvoiceLine.ProductCode) AS QunatityPT,
    InvoiceLine.Inv_Total, InvoiceHeader.InvoiceDate

It is returning the Error below 4 times.

Msg 4104, Level 16, State 1, Procedure IMFertiliserRebates, Line 7
The multi-part identifier “PROGRAMS.PopTables.dbo.Products.ProductCode” could not be bound.

I’m trying to multiply two columns in one table by a column in another table on another server based on the product code.

I’m very lost!

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to use tables aliases on your linked tables

e.g.

SELECT invoiceline.branchno, 
       invoiceline.type_in_cr, 
       invoiceline.docket, 
       invoiceline.productcode, 
       invoiceline.inv_price * (SELECT outerunits 
                                FROM   serverb.table3.dbo.products p 
                                       INNER JOIN invoiceline 
                                         ON p.productcode = 
                                            invoiceline.productcode 
                                WHERE  p.productcode = invoiceline.productcode) 
       AS 
       pricept, 
       invoiceline.inv_quantity * (SELECT outerunits 
                                   FROM   serverb.table3.dbo.productsinner ps 
                                          INNER JOIN invoiceline 
                                            ON ps.productcode = 
                                               invoiceline.productcode 
                                   WHERE  p.productcode = 
                                          invoiceline.productcode) AS 
       qunatitypt, 
       invoiceline.inv_total, 
       invoiceheader.invoicedate 

Because your original SQL is kinda large here are the changes that I made

Without Alias

• ON server.PopTables.dbo.Products.ProductCode = invoiceline.productcode
• WHERE server.PopTables.dbo.Products.ProductCode...
• ON serverb.table3.dbo.productsinner = invoiceline.productcode
• WHERE serverb.table3.dbo.productsinner.productcode = invoiceline.productcode

With alias

• ON p.ProductCode = invoiceline.productcode
• WHERE p.ProductCode...
• ON serverb.table3.dbo.productsinner = invoiceline.productcode
• WHERE serverb.table3.dbo.productsinner.productcode = invoiceline.productcode